Decline and recovery in transition economies: The impact of initial conditions

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-280

  Stuart, Robert C ^a   Panayotopoulos, Christina M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capital One Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKET TRANSITION; SOCIALISM; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

(EAST); EUROPE;

EID: 0033366699     PISSN: 10889388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889388.1999.10641116     Document Type: Article

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